7-year-old Missing In Barnsley

[Promised Land]

TTmonkey said:

So anyone have any idea what these pipes are for? I'm bussing they are some king of piling to shore up the ground.

A similar kind of set up on the site I'm on at the minute, the stone is in cages to form a wall, drainage as well.

The pipes at the top on the site I'm on are for fence posts to be dropped into for the fence as there is a big drop over the edge, those pictures show a similar thing with the fire fighters ladders against the stone cages.

Could be the same set up or could be something totally different but you'd need some form of fence or barrier due to the drop and you can't drill or dig into the stones.

[BlackLabel]

Pesty said:

Age 7 walking back on his own this distance?

Unbelievable - poor kid

Ug_lee said:

A 7 year old left for so long, so far away from home is neglect.

The poor boy didn't stand a chance and I hope the boys parents realise they are almost fully responsible for this.

RIP little man.

+1

[Sarkmeister]

Promised Land said:

A similar kind of set up on the site I'm on at the minute, the stone is in cages to form a wall, drainage as well.

The pipes at the top on the site I'm on are for fence posts to be dropped into for the fence as there is a big drop over the edge, those pictures show a similar thing with the fire fighters ladders against the stone cages.

Could be the same set up or could be something totally different but you'd need some form of fence or barrier due to the drop and you can't drill or dig into the stones.

The cages are gabion baskets that will be used to shore up the steep ground. I would expect the pipes to be drainage that will route any run off under (or around) the site to prevent rain water running across the development.

[richardxjr]

Time to resurrect the old 'Don't Play on Building Sites' films they used to show us at school then.

[Schmy]

Ste1987 said:

Hooli said:

Ste1987 said:

Eric Mc said:

The answer is no, I don't remember any of our parents berating the parents of the dead children . All I remember is expressions of sadness and sympathy.

We are far, far too judgmental these days.

I blame the McCanns

Where they in Barnsley then?

I mean that people are quick to show no sympathy towards parents, like with the McCanns. I'm sure people show sadness at a young child losing their life, but will blame the parents for their negligence

on the nutjob tinfoil McCann thread Ste1987 said:

What I'm trying to say if the DNA results are positive, they'll do everything they can to stop the media reporting it, like when there was speculation they were involved in the kid's disappearance

[Einion Yrth]

richardxjr said:

Time to resurrect the old 'Don't Play on Building Sites' films they used to show us at school then.

Didn't stop us.

[julianm]

Just seen on local telly that a fundraising account has been set up - £1600 in 30 hours
https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/c11WP6?psid=c257630...

[Snozzwangler]

julianm said:

Just seen on local telly that a fundraising account has been set up - £1600 in 30 hours
https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/c11WP6?psid=c257630...

Jesus

[bitchstewie]

I know you can't wrap them up in cotton wool but that does seem an awfully long way to be letting a seven year old walk unsupervised.

Thing is, I suspect this could have happened had the building site been just across the road, on the basis if you let them out of your sight something bad can just about always happen.

Too many "if only's" and I'm sure the parents will be asking themselves those questions for a very very long time

[Moonhawk]

bhstewie said:

I know you can't wrap them up in cotton wool but that does seem an awfully long way to be letting a seven year old walk unsupervised.

Thing is, I suspect this could have happened had the building site been just across the road, on the basis if you let them out of your sight something bad can just about always happen.

Too many "if only's" and I'm sure the parents will be asking themselves those questions for a very very long time

Agree - but I feel the distance he walked home is something of a red herring. The building site is considerably closer to his home than the park is (3 roads away - or a little over 300 meters on foot) - and presumably he could have gone (and by the sounds of it did) into that building site and come to the same fate at any time.

I used to play in the local park at his age - and although the entrance was only about 50 meters from home - I could roam anywhere in that park and could easily be as far away as this building site is from his home.

[anonymous-user]

Snozzwangler said:

julianm said:

Just seen on local telly that a fundraising account has been set up - £1600 in 30 hours
https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/c11WP6?psid=c257630...

Jesus

Not sure who's worse; the parents for allowing this awful thing to happen in the first place or Ms Bacon for coming up with this sick idea.

[Defcon5]

So he was walking home alone, and spefically took at detour to go play on a building site on his own?

Is that the done thing nowadays? I understand a group,of,kids going to play on a building site, but not one on their own.

[Snozzwangler]

REALIST123 said:

Snozzwangler said:

julianm said:

Just seen on local telly that a fundraising account has been set up - £1600 in 30 hours
https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/c11WP6?psid=c257630...

Jesus

Not sure who's worse; the parents for allowing this awful thing to happen in the first place or Ms Bacon for coming up with this sick idea.

Now now, a new 500" TV will ease their grief.

Although it could be argued they didn't care for the kid in the first instance.

[mcelliott]

Snozzwangler said:

REALIST123 said:

Snozzwangler said:

julianm said:

Just seen on local telly that a fundraising account has been set up - £1600 in 30 hours
https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/c11WP6?psid=c257630...

Jesus

Not sure who's worse; the parents for allowing this awful thing to happen in the first place or Ms Bacon for coming up with this sick idea.

Now now, a new 500" TV will ease their grief.

Although it could be argued they didn't care for the kid in the first instance.

Agree. fking thick underclass. Hopefully the money will go towards sterilising the fking useless 'mother'.

[bitchstewie]

mcelliott said:

Agree. fking thick underclass. Hopefully the money will go towards sterilising the fking useless 'mother'.

Perhaps they don't have a lot of money?

I'm assuming most people don't have a contingency fund just in case they need to unexpectedly bury their seven year old kid.

FFS.

[RichB]

bhstewie said:

Perhaps they don't have a lot of money? I'm assuming most people don't have a contingency fund just in case they need to unexpectedly bury their seven year old kid. FFS.

It could be a neighbour who felt it's more discreet to set up a just giving type page than give money directly to the family. Funerals cost a few thousand these days.

[hornetrider]

RichB said:

Funerals cost a few thousand these days.

They do. I wonder how people on benefits actually pay for them in unexpected circumstances such as these? Perhaps there is a benefit for it or maybe they are they just expected to manage somehow.

[rover 623gsi]

you can claim for some funeral expenses if you are on a low income

https://www.gov.uk/funeral-payments/overview

RIP poor lad

[Snozzwangler]

Meanwhile elsewhere, a pair of parents are worrying about providing for a funeral for their kid who lost his/her fight against illness.

Despite the little mite being the light of their life, who they'd die for, he/she didn't make it.